Telehealth

A range of telehealth vendors built on charitable efforts from Hurricane Harvey by extending free remote services to Florida residents as they prepared for Hurricane Irma to make landfall.

As Florida prepared for Hurricane Irma to make landfall, local hospitals stepped up to offer residents virtual services at no cost.

Fairfield, N.J.-based Vanguard Medical Group launched Vanguard eCare, an online diagnosis and treatment service powered by Zipnosis.

Direct-to-consumer telehealth programs are cropping up at hospital systems nationwide.

In the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) 2017 Telemedicine Executive Leadership Surveyresults released earlier this year, telemedicine executives “are overwhelmingly optimistic about the future of the telehealth industry and are planning near-term investments to keep pace with rapid transformation and growth…

Teladoc will provide free online counseling sessions to individuals in Hurricane Harvey evacuation areas, including displaced residents who are not members of Teladoc, for up to three months.

As clinical communication and collaboration systems become an integral part of a healthcare team’s daily interaction, it’s natural for organizations to want to do more.

EpicMD will provide free virtual medical consultations to Florida residents affected by Hurricane Irma.

As Texas addresses the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which struck the state's coast Aug. 25, Florida is working to prepare for the nation's next natural disaster: Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm expected to make landfall as early as Friday.

Linville, N.C.-based Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital launched a partnership with TeleHealth Solution to provide its patients with 24/7 remote hospitalist coverage Aug. 28.